Obituaries

Glenda Yoho

Apr 21, 2016

Glenda Marie Yoho, 78, of Wooster, died April 21, 2016 at Brookdale Assisted Living. Friends may call Monday from 4 to 6 p.m. at Roberts Funeral Home-Sherwood Chapel, Wooster. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be at Sherwood Memorial Gardens. Memorial contributions may be made to American Legion Post 68 at 1901...

Virginia Markley

Apr 17, 2016

Virginia M. Markley, 93, of Orrville, died Sunday, April 17, 2016 at LifeCare Hospice, following a brief period of declining health. Friends may call Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m. at Roberts Funeral Home-Sherwood Chapel, Wooster. Funeral services will be Thursday at 11 a.m. at the funeral home with Rev. Kevin Phipps officiating. Burial will be at Sherwood Memorial Gardens....

Marjorie Jackson

Apr 16, 2016

Marjorie Alice Jackson, 96, of Warren, died Saturday, April 16, 2016 at Signature Healthcare of Warren. Burial will be at Pineview Memorial Park. Marjorie was born January 29, 1920 in Duck, WV to James and Ada {Davis} Friend. She married Clewell Sturgis on November 20, 1943. He died February 27, 1980. She married James Jackson on January 2, 1987. He...

Irene Carpenter

Apr 14, 2016

Irene Rella Carpenter, 85, of Medina, died April 14, 2016 at her residence surrounded by family. Friends may call Monday from 4 to 8 p.m. at Roberts Funeral Home-Sherwood Chapel, Wooster. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the funeral home with Pastor Travis McKenzie officiating. Burial will be at Sherwood Memorial Gardens. Online tributes may be made...

Melvin Britton

Apr 14, 2016

Melvin M. Britton, 80, of Rittman, died Thursday, April 14, 2016 at Barberton Hospital. Melvin was born February 29, 1936 in Chatham to Clement and Hazel {Hall} Britton. He married Bonnie Grimm on November 18, 1980. Melvin worked at Morton Salt for 45 years before retiring in 1993. He also worked at Sterling feed mill for 25 years, and Rittman...

Dana Williams

Apr 10, 2016

Dana D. Jaques Williams, 52, of Franklin, NC, passed away April 10, 2016 following an auto accident in Polk County, TN. She was a native of Ashland, OH and former resident of Marietta, OH and Muncie, IN for several years. Dana was employed by Drake Software in Franklin. She was of the Pentecostal faith and loved God, family and friends....

Gary Vaughn

Apr 10, 2016

Gary Elton Vaughn, 74, of Medina, passed away Sunday, April 10, 2016 at his residence, surrounded by his family. Gary was born October 18, 1941 in Cleveland, Ohio to Elton Edward and Lila Louise {Thomas} Vaughn. He married Martha Fekelman on July 25, 1964. Gary worked for Medina County Highway Department for 37 years before retiring in 2003 and served...

Duane Kreider

Apr 6, 2016

Duane E. Kreider, 88, of Wadsworth, passed peacefully surrounded by his family on Wednesday April 6, 2016 at Barberton Hospital. Duane was born October 11, 1927 in Wadsworth, Ohio to Homer and Francis {Eby} Kreider. He was a 1945 graduate of WHS. Duane served with the 88th Division in Italy before being discharged in March of 1947. He married Gloria...

Harold Riley, Sr

Apr 4, 2016

Harold "Butch" Riley, Sr., 63, of Marietta, Ohio, peacefully passed away Monday, April 4th, 2016 at 9:45 A.M. at his home after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born March 15, 1953 in Parkersburg, WV, the son of the late James Riley, Sr. and Helen Gay Lilly. Butch attended Marietta High School. He worked at a local plant for...

Normalee Wood

Mar 29, 2016

Normalee A. Wood, 74, of Chippewa Lake, died Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at her residence surrounded by her loving family. Normalee was born July 14, 1941 in Belleville, Michigan to Norman and Anna Louise {Guenther} Crays. She married Bobby Wood on April 28, 1962. Normalee worked at Travel Centers of America for over 10 years. She was a member of...

Cluster Coen

Mar 24, 2016

Cluster "Cub" F. Coen, 90, of Creston, died Thursday, March 24, at Wooster Community Hospital. He was born May 22, 1925 in Mudfork, West Virginia to Everett and Esther {White} Coen. Cluster proudly served in the United States Army during WWII. He married Ora (McClain) on July 12, 1945. Cluster retired from PCA in Rittman after 37 years. He enjoyed...

Jeanette Impiccini

Mar 24, 2016

Jeanette Impiccini, 82, of New London, died Thursday, March 24, 2016 at The Laurels in New London. Jeanette was born in Euclid on April 18, 1933 to the late Arthur and Hazel {Dennis} Mayer. She and her late husband Robert lived in the North Ridgeville area before moving to New London in 1962. She and her husband bought a farm...

Marilyn Brown

Mar 23, 2016

Clarence Jackson

Mar 19, 2016

Clarence F. (Jack) Jackson, 79, of Greenwich, died Saturday, March 19, 2016 at Ohio Health, in Mansfield. Clarence was born March 24, 1936 in Clarington, Ohio to Lawrence M. and Bertha A. {Carpenter} Jackson. Clarence served in the United States Army as a paratrooper. He married Janet Longden on February 6, 1960. She passed away on June 21, 2012. Clarence...

William Morey

Mar 17, 2016

William "Bill" Morey, 54, of Marietta, died Thursday, March 17, 2016 at his home. Bill was born October 14, 1961 in Marietta to Clarence and Gladys {Morey} Huntsman. He married Kelly (Booth) on September 8, 1990. Bill will be deeply missed by his wife Kelly; son Keith Eric Morey; grandsons Eric William Morey and Anthony Sparks Morey. Bill was preceded...

Evelyn Detwiler

Mar 16, 2016

Evelyn M. Detwiler, 91, of Seville, died Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at Barberton Hospital. Evelyn was born May 14, 1924 in Rittman, Ohio to John and Edna {Biddle} Hatfield. She married Melvin Detwiler on March 14, 1946. He passed on September 27, 2012. Evelyn sold clothes on the "party plan" for over 25 years finishing her sales career as a...

Daniel Helmick

Mar 13, 2016

Daniel L. Helmick, 80, of Mount Dora, Florida, died Sunday, March 13, 2016 at his residence. At the family's request, there will be no services or calling hours held. Burial will be at Sherwood Memorial Gardens. Memorial contributions may be made to Cornerstone Hospice at 2445 Lane Park Rd. Tavares, FL 32778. Daniel was born November 11, 1935 in Dover...

Frances Lent

Mar 11, 2016

Frances Lent, 88, of Belpre, died Friday, March 11, 2016 at The Arbors of Marietta. She was born March 16, 1927. Frances is survives by her son John Lent and her daughter Sara White. Per her request, services will be private. Entombment at East Lawn Memorial Park.

Penny Sprang

Mar 11, 2016

Penny L. Sprang, 66, of Wooster, died Friday, March 11, 2016 at her residence. Memorial services will be Friday at 6 p.m. at Roberts Funeral Home, Sherwood Chapel-Wooster with Chaplain Charlotte Glasgow officiating. Burial will be at Fairview Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to LifeCare Hospice 1900 Akron Rd. Wooster, Ohio 44691. Penny was born February 19, 1950 in...

John Christy

Mar 11, 2016

John Philip Christy, 88, of Marietta, died Friday, March 11, 2016 at the Marietta Center. John was born August 15, 1927 in Zanesville, Ohio to Howard Paul and Mary Edith {Redman} Christy. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army. After leaving the Army, he moved to Marietta in 1948. He attended Kenyon College and Marietta College. John married Frances...